Improvement in egg-cups



W. STARKEYQ Egg-Cup.

No. 201,364. Patented March I9, 1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

WILLIAM STARKEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH HISRIGHT TO ELIZA STARKEY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG-CUPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,364, dated March 19,1878; application filed February 25, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM STARKEY, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Egg-Cups and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, concise, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawin gs, making a part of this specification, in which like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement in egg-cups. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, and which will be described as follows:

A represents an egg in the cup. B is the hinged curved hoop which holds the egg. B is the handle. B is a spring-rack, to hold the same firm to any desired point. B is a lip or catch for the same. E is a hinge, by which B is held in its place, and allows it to moi e up or down. D is thehandle of the cup. D is the bowl of the egg-cup, which contains the egg. D is the standard. D is thebase of the same. is a loop or ring to admit and holdthe spoon.

In using the cup, take hold of the handle D, and with the other hand, of the handle B with one finger under the bottom of the sprifi g B which will spring open and allow it to pass by the catch B upward, and allow an egg to be placed in the cup D Then take hold of the handle B and bring it down upon the egg to the desired point, when the catch B WILLIAM STARKEY.

Witnesses:

JAMES SHEPPARD, FRANcIs L. CLARK. 

